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Hey, guys, I have another build for you. This guy is sticky as all the hells, and has solid defense. Big shout-out to Lordofleapin's Warden Handbook, which made the research for this a hell of a lot easier, and to GeorgeFHarris, who finally motivated me to get off my lazy arse and actually stat this out (this one's for you, buddy ):



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The goal for this build is simple: be as sticky as possible, but still be able to handle the consequences of having a bunch of enemies in his grill. To that end, this build packs some solid damage along with good defense and a truckload of HP, and sports a strategy to make sure no enemy he is adjacent to can ever get away from him. The build is also nice and accurate, thanks to the Wintertouched/Lasting Frost combo. If there is any class that can stand up to the Fighter in the stickiness department, it's the Warden, and this build is proof that at the very least he gets close.

The tactics for this build are fairly straightforward: walk straight up to his targets, then mark them all using Nature's Wrath. Form of Winter's Herald (which you should have going every time you see a large concentration of enemies) basically disallows shifting, and attempting to move away will earn the opponent an opportunity attack that will not only slow him because of Sudden Roots, but it will also pull him back adjacent to the Warden (Heavy Blade Opportunity into Thorn Strike, think Scorpion from Mortal Kombat - GET OVER HERE! :D). The beauty of this combo is that it works on any number of adjacent enemies, allowing you to keep up to 8 enemies completely locked down, all at once. To boot, you have Rain of Steel active, which means that you're piling on the auto-damage as well. After this, hack away, but it would behoove you to have a nearby Striker ally (preferably another Frost user) to help you finish the opposition off quickly (and thus make sure that you don't get too roughed up). :D

Questions/thoughts/comments are welcome.

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That's an option, but the Lawbreaker's Doom thing is a MAJOR turn-off, since this build is made to contain multiple foes at once. I had considered it, and discarded it because of that limitation for my purposes. That Paragon Path is tailor-made for the Strength-based Paladin, though.

As far as juicy MC goes, the Fighter MC feat alone justifies it as a choice, because it accounts for the one situation a Warden cannot naturally punish; shifting.

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Busy day on the forums today, but I don't want this guy to go down without some comments.

Specifically, the Paragon Path is WIDE OPEN (Pit Fighter doesn't get silly unless you're dedicated to nova bursts, something that Defenders aren't all that suited to); if you can come up with a PP or a PMC that will match the "black hole defender" nature of this character better, by all means fire away.

I may be wrong about this, but since the AoO happens before the movement your pull won´t work(because your target is still adjacent).
The enemy will going shift away as a double-move.


But anyway the build is awesome.

Looking for your build, I was thinking in a similar build, but using Cleric multiclass(For sacrificial healing as permanent encounter(sawp) - demigod, and Spirit of Health as utility swap).

The main concern of this build, and the way it manage to keep foes close, is to keep alive.

Oh, I know that, but pull 1 when the enemy is already adjacent to the target is basically slide 1 away from my squishies, which usually means they're in a worse position than before. Not quite as cinematic, but still very effective.